Mechanical movement adapted to grain-binders



No. 753,559; I 'PATENTED MAR. 1,1904. W. G. DURYEA.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT ADAPTED TO GRAIN BINDERS. APPLICATION FILED mugs, 1903.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. DURYEA, OF BLAWENBURG, NEW JERSEY. '9

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT ADAPTED TO GRAIN-BINDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,559, dated March 1, 1904.

Original application filed April 1A, 1902, Serial No. 102,794. Divided and this application filed July 28, 1903. Serial No. 167,313.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. DURYEA, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Blawenburg, in the county of Somerset and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Mechanical Movement Adapted. to Grain-Binders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in mechanical movements adapted to grain-binders; and the subject-matter of the present application constitutes a division of a prior application for Letters Patent filed by me on the 14th day of April, 1902, Serial No 102,794.

The object that I have inview is the provision of novel means for driving the rotating knotter-shaft and the rocking needle-shaft without resorting to the use of a long train of gears and a complicated clutch mechanism usually employed for the actuation of these parts. 7

Further objects'and advantages of the invention will appear in the course of the subjoined description, and the novelty will be defined by the annexed claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a grain-binder, illustrating my improvements and representing the lever 33 in a position where it is free from engagement with both fulcrum-studs, so as to indicate the shifting adjustment of said lever. Fig.- 2 is a partial plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the driven shaft and the planetary gearing which is driven by the shaft and is operatively related to the rocking needle-shaft and the rotating knotter-shaft.

In the drawings of this application I have only shown enough of the parts of an ordinary grain-binder to enable others skilled in the art to understand the improvements which I have made for driving the rocking or needle shaft and the rotating or knotter shaft; but for a full explanation of the type of grain-binder on which the present improvements are used reference is to be made to my prior application,

hereinbefore referred to. The stationary parts 5 of the binder mechanism are indicated generally at in the several figures of the drawings. The rocking or needle shaft is indicated at 16, and the rotating or knotter shaft at 18.

' The stationary frame 10 is provided with a tubular boss 10 on its right-hand side. This boss loosely supports a driven shaft 25, the latter constituting a oontinuation'of a driveshaft of the binder mechanism and serving, primarily, to impart movement to the rocking needle-shaft and the rotating knotter-shaft and their allied parts. Mounted to turn loosely around the boss 10 is a sleeve 26, the latter carrying an arm 27. The end of said drivingshaft projects beyond the boss 10 and car- 5 ries a pinion 28, which is in mesh with a planetary gear 29. Said gear 29 is mounted to revolve loosely on the transversely-turned end 30 of a rod 31, the latter being connected by a crank 32 with the rockingor needle shaft 16, as shown by Figs. 1 and 2. The transverselyturned end 30 of the rod 31 passes loosely .through the planetary gear 29, and itis carried looselyin the end of the arm 27, as shown by Fig, 3. Fastened rigidly to or formed integral with the planetary gear 29 is an upwardly-em tending arm 33, the free end of which is connected to the rotating or knotter shaft,18 by means of a crank 34 on said shaft. This arm 33 is provided on its opposite edges with hooks 35, which are disposed out of transverse alinement with each other and are arranged to face or extend in opposite directions, as shown by Fig. 1. The hooks of the arm 33 are adapted to engage individually with studs 36, which are provided on an upstanding part of the binder-frame 10, the engagement of the hooks with said studs being at alternate periods or ,intervals that is to say, one hook engages with its corresponding stud and is disengaged therefrom, while the other'hook begins its engagement with its complemental stud. These hooks and studs form temporary'fulcra for the rod 33, which during these periods is transformed into a lever for the proper operation of the rotating or knotter shaft. Assuming that one hook is in engagement with its stud, the rocking movement of the arm 33 begins with the hook fully engaged with the stud,

and during the progress of the rocking movement the hook is gradually disengaged from its stud. After one hook becomes fully disengaged from its complemental studand as.

. rangement of the parts 26, 27, 29, and 33 to sweep around the gear 28. This imparts a rotary motion to the knotter-shaft and a rockingmotion to the needle-shaft.

It will be observed that therod 31 serves not only as a means to drive the rocking or needle shaft, but as a-center or axis for the planetary gear 29. As the arm 33 moves upward the lower hook 35 is engaged with the corresponding stud 36, and the arm rocks or turns aroundthis stud similar to a lever; but as the arm 33 moves in a downward direction the upper hook 35 engages with its corresponding stud 36, and the arm again rocks as a lever. By this construction and arrangement of parts Iam enabled to secure the force necessary for driving the rotating or knotter shaft 18 and to turn the crank 34 past the two dead-centers which said crank necessarily assumes with respect to the rotating or knotter shaft and the driving power. It will of course be understood that the parts 35 36 must be accurately adjusted with relation to one another in order that the engagement of said parts will be efiected at the proper time and place.

My improved mechanism provides a direct and powerful means for driving the rotating or knottershaft, and it dispenses with the long train of gears and the complicated clutch mechanism which are commonly employed in connection with this part of grain-binders as usually constructed.

Although I have shown and described my improved mechanical movement in connection with the rotating knotter-shaft and the rocking needle-shaft of a grain-binder, it will beunderstood that my invention is not restricted to this specific type of machine, because the improved mechanical movement may be employed in other arts and other relations than in grain-binders.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of the rotating shaft, a

driven shaft for operating the rotating shaft, and mechanism between the said shaft and rotating shaft, consisting of a gear fastened to the driven shaft, a planetary gear coacting with the first-named gear, and a connectingrod fastened to the planetary gear and operatively connected with the rotating shaft.

2. The combination of the rotating shaft havinga crank-arm, a driven shaft for operating the rotating shaft, and mechanism between the said shaft and the crank-arm of the rotating shaft, consisting of a gear fastened to the driven shaft, a planetary gear coacting with the first-named gear, and a connectingrod fastened to the planetary gear and connected with the crank-arm of. therotating shaft.

3. The combination with a suitable frame, of the rotating shaft, a driven shaft for driv: ing the rotating shaft, a sleeve mounted to turn loosely on a boss on the frame, through which boss the said driven shaft is loosely projected, an arm carried by the sleeve, a

planetary gear mounted to turn on the arm,

a gear fastened to the said driven shaft and meshed with the planetary gear, and a connecting-rod attached to the planetary gear and, operatively connected with the rotating shaft.

4. The combination of a rotating shaft, a shaft for operating the rotating shaft, and mechanism between said shafts, consisting of a gear fastened to the driven shaft, a planetary gear coacting with the first-named gear, and a connecting-rod attached to the planet ary gear and operatively connected with the rotating shaft, said rod having a changeable fulcrum.

5. The combination of a rotating shaft having a crank-arm, a shaft for operating the rotating shaft, and mechanism between the said shafts, consisting of a gear fastened to the driving-shaft, a planetary gear coacting with the first-named gear, and a connecting-rod rigidly attached to the planetary gear and connected with the crank-arm of the rotating shaft, said connecting-rod projecting approximately radially from the planetary gear and having a changeable fulcrum.

6. The combination of a rotating shaft, a shaft for operating the rotating shaft, and mechanism consisting of a gear fastened to the said shaft, a planetary gear coacting with the first-named gear, a connecting-rod attached to the planetary gear and operatively connected with the rotating shaft, and a part stationary with respect to the connecting-rod and adapted to be engaged periodically thereby to form a temporary fulcrum therefor.

7. The combination of a rotating shaft, a shaft for operating the rotating shaft, and mechanism between said shafts, consisting of a gear fastened to the said shaft, a planetary gear coacting with the first-named gear, a connecting-rod extending from the planetary gear and operatively connected with the rotating shaft, and two members stationary with respect to the connecting-rod and arranged out of transverse alinement at opposite sides thereof, said stationary members constituting temporary fulcra for the connecting-rod.

8. The combination of a rotating shaft, a shaft for operating the rotating shaft, and mechanism between said shafts, consistingof a gear fastened to the said shaft, a planetary gear coacting with the first-named gear, a connecting-rod extending between the planetary gear and the said rotating shaft, the connecting-rod having oppositely-disposed hooks located on opposite sides thereof, and relatively stationary studs adapted to be alternately engaged by said hooks to form temporary fulcra for the connecting-rod.

9. The combination of a rotating shaft, a rocking shaft, a driven shaft, a gear fastened to the driven shaft, an arm mounted to swing around the axis of the driven shaft, a rod pivotally connected with the arm and having connection with the rocking shaft, a planetary gear mounted on the arm coincident with the pivot of said connecting-rod, the planetary gear coacting with the gear on the driven shaft, and a second connecting-rod extending between the planetary gear and the rotating shaft.

10. The combination of a rotating shaft, a rocking shaft, a driven shaft, a gear fastened to the driven shaft, an arm mounted to swing around the axis of the driven shaft, a rod pivotally connected with the arm and having connection with the rocking shaft, a planetary gear mounted on the arm coincident with the pivot of said connecting-rod, the planetary gear coacting with the gear on the drivingshaft, a second connecting-rod extending between the planetary gear and the rotating shaft, and a member stationary relative to the second connecting-rod and adapted to be periodically engaged thereby, for the purpose specified. V

11. The combination of a rotating shaft, a rocking shaft, a driven shaft, a gear fastened to the driven shaft, an arm mounted to swing around the axis of the driven shaft, a rod pivotally connected with the arm and having connection with the rocking shaft, a planetary gear mounted on the arm coincident with the pivot of said connecting-rod, the planetary gear coacting with the gear on the driving shaft, a second connecting-rod extending be gear coacting with the gear on the driving shaft, and a second connecting-rod extending between the planetary gear and the rotating shaft, the said second-named connecting-rod having two oppositely-disposed hooks on opposite sides thereof, and two relatively staconnecting-rod having a laterally-turned end pivotally mounted on the arm and having connection with the rocking shaft, a planetary gear mounted to turn on the said laterallyturned end of the connecting-rod and coacting with the gear on the driving-shaft, and a second connecting-rod attached to the planetary gear and having connection with the rotating shaft.

14. The combination with a rotating shaft, and a driven shaft, of an arm connected with the rotating shaft, cooperating gears for making an end portion of the arm describe an orbital movement around the driven shaft, said arm being attached rigidly to one ofv said co operating gears, and temporary fulcra for said arm during its traversing movement.

15. The combination with a driven shaft, and a rocking shaft, of means for actuating said rocking shaft from the driven shaft, said means including an arm mounted for rotation on an axis'coincident with the driven shaft, a connecting-rod between said arm and the rocking shaft, and gearing actuated by the driven shaft and operatively connected with the arm for driving the latter.

16. The combination with a driven shaft, and a rocking shaft, of an arm mounted for rotation on an axis coincident with the driven shaft, a gear on saiddriven shaft, a planetary gear revoluble with said arm and meshing with thedriven-shaft gear, and a connection between said arm and the rocking shaft.

17 The combination with a rotating shaft, a rocking shaft, and a driven shaft, of an arm rotating on an axis coincident with the driven shaft, a gear on the driven shaft, a planetary gear revoluble with said arm and meshing with said driven-shaft gear, an arm fixed to the planetary gear and connected with the rotating shaft, temporary fulcra for said lastmentioned arm, and a connection between the first-mentioned arm and the rocking shaft.

tothis specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM C. DURYEA.

Witnesses:

WM. H. SCHULTZ, JOHN B. J oNns.

, 1 1 5 In testimony whereof I have signed my name 

